There will be four deliverables in this project. They are listed as follows:
• Hardware
A next generation MID built specifically for the innovative MMI. This hardware platform consists of components not present in the first generation MID, including touch sensors, higher resolution camera, a more powerful CPU for computation and analysis, etc.
• Software
Sensor algorithms, including those of motion sensor, visual sensor and touch sensor, developed on the second generation MID platform.
• User group & market studies
A user group study will be conducted on the younger generations of mobile device users to collect their feedbacks on MMI; another market study will be conducted to analyze products in the market related to our MMI, in terms of functions and user experience.
• Patent applications
Two MMI-related patents will be filed in this project to protect our intellectual properties.
這個項目的目標是探索移動設備的非傳統人機界面（MMI）。移動設備的天然局限為：顯示屏和字母數字軟體鍵盤細小，以及缺乏硬體鍵盤。因此，傳統移動設備的MMI在提供用戶體驗方面限制頗大。這個項目將側重於外部顯示屏和基於傳感器的輸入技術，推動新一代的移動人機界面。這些創新人機界面為的是提高下一代移動設備製造商競爭優勢，使他們的產品吸引年輕或精通技術的用戶群體。
